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  Believing in God - Challenge

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i invite king solomon and anyone else that is interested, to discuss if believing in god may be helpful.

  i am not restricting the discussion to the biblical god.

  i'm ready to look if this belief may be helpful both from a societal and from an individual point of view.

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  rip van winkle

  Ok, Twitch, Just checking! Here's to you,
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  Believing in God - Challenge

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i invite king solomon and anyone else that is interested, to discuss if believing in god may be helpful.

  i am not restricting the discussion to the biblical god.

  i'm ready to look if this belief may be helpful both from a societal and from an individual point of view.

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  rip van winkle

  Twitch-(LOL) Sir,Was that a (wise)crack aimed at moi?

  (Edited to add) It's OK if you were. I'll drink to that and to you, sir.

  However, I was only generally speaking.( Which is hard to do, as I'm not fluent in general!)
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  Believing in God - Challenge

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i invite king solomon and anyone else that is interested, to discuss if believing in god may be helpful.

  i am not restricting the discussion to the biblical god.

  i'm ready to look if this belief may be helpful both from a societal and from an individual point of view.

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  rip van winkle

  Tal- You can say and think whatever you want. The WT stifles thoughts and comments. On JWN you have freedom to express your thoughts.

  Sometimes, people are less tactful than others. Some people make ~~~~'s. Don't mind it. Have your say.

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  Sol-(LOL) I will think about Rio and your suggestion of a Brazillian, "but", not the wax kind!! And there would be a lot of alcohol involved! : )
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  Believing in God - Challenge

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i invite king solomon and anyone else that is interested, to discuss if believing in god may be helpful.

  i am not restricting the discussion to the biblical god.

  i'm ready to look if this belief may be helpful both from a societal and from an individual point of view.

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  rip van winkle

  KSol said-There's always some who want to wax poetic about distant lands they've never discovered, as if bards, when they've never even left their own living room.

  (Personally, every now and again, I wouldn't mind being poetically waxed in a distant land!!!(LOL) Sorry, Sol. That's the kind of Crack I smoke!!!)
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  Believing in God - Challenge

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i invite king solomon and anyone else that is interested, to discuss if believing in god may be helpful.

  i am not restricting the discussion to the biblical god.

  i'm ready to look if this belief may be helpful both from a societal and from an individual point of view.

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  rip van winkle

  Talesin- I perceive you are HERE?!!!! What the BLEEP do I know?

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  Sorry, jgnat.
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  hope you can watch this

  by mouthy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=mjtkzonu3y+feature=share+list=pl65a2e5417491d818.

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  rip van winkle

  Hi Mouthy! Good to see you! I sent you a PM.

  "Rip"
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  Full time ministry Joy--or Lack Thereof

  by WTWizard in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i can remember all the while i was in the cancer that they would trump up the value of pious-sneering.

  one of those was the "joy" of serving jehovah full time.

  they would always have these fantastic stories about how they had obstacles that they foolhardily disregarded, or that they got all these people into the cancer.. this is full of rubbish.

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  rip van winkle

  I guess I never knew how zealous my congregation was!!! The pioneers are busy! They are healthy. There's quite a lot of them. The elderly pioneers, although some have health issues (that come with age) are busy in the territory. They are not impoverished.

  What do they get out of it? Well, they feel that they are being "Blessed by Jehovah" for their part in seeking out and studying with those who are "hungry, honest-hearted, and humble." They feel they are doing "good works". And they don't look at the handing out of literature as more important than speaking to people. But, yes, they want to get the literature into the hands of someone who is willing to read it, otherwise, most don't push it.

  I know many who feel this way in other congregations, too. That is the difficult part; the pios think they ARE helping people come to an "accurate knowledge" of the "TRUE GOD, JEHOVAH", when they themselved don't know TTATT.

  On the other hand, most of the elders are the ones who "lack zeal" in the ministry. They are the ones who are eager to unload literature.
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  Devil's Advocate , A QUESTION FOR RECOVERY AND OTHERS.

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
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  i noticed recovery's post is on lock-down.

  i have never seen that happen.

  i want to play devils advocate and recovery can answer honestly.

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  rip van winkle

  Febrile. I enjoyed that word SBF! Just added it to my vocabulary.
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  At This Point In Your Life Would You Care If You Were Disfellowshipped or Disassociated?

  by minimus in

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  i'm curious..

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  rip van winkle

  I've already disfellowshipped THEM (the Society) from my heart.
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  At This Point In Your Life Would You Care If You Were Disfellowshipped or Disassociated?

  by minimus in

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  i'm curious..

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  rip van winkle

  Hi Curious.I'm "Rip"

  The short answer would be; "No". However, for the time being, I'm just hoping to shake and wake up a couple of friends. If I can't successfully accomplish that, then it doesn't make a difference to me what the elders in my cong. decide.